In Austin today, U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman sentenced 25-year-old Olin Dee Cubit, Jr., to 15 years in federal prison followed by ten years of supervised release for sexually exploiting a minor, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash and Austin Police Chief Brian Manley.
On April 2, 2019, Cubit pleaded guilty to one count of sex trafficking of a minor and one count of sexual exploitation of a minor for producing videos of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct. By pleading guilty, Cubit admitted that between Jan. 15, 2018, and Feb. 15, 2018, he and his co-defendant, 23-year-old Kaylan Nichole Hill of Austin, caused a minor to engage in repeated sexually explicit activity for Cubit’s own financial gain.
On July 26, 2019, Judge Pitman sentenced Hill to five years in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for sex trafficking a minor and possession of child pornography.
“There is far too much child sexual abuse in our country. I am proud of the many successful prosecutions that our office has handled, such as this one. But I fear that as a society we are not taking this problem seriously enough," stated U.S. Attorney Bash.
The Austin Police Department’s Human Trafficking Unit investigated this case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Grant Sparks prosecuted this case on behalf of the Government.
“I am proud of all the work done by the Austin Police Department’s Human Trafficking Unit," said Chief Manley. The unit is grateful to the U.S. Attorney’s office for their efforts in this matter. A dangerous criminal has been removed from the community of Austin, and justice has been sought for the survivor of this heinous crime."
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
